1978 - The famous Realistic Mach One high-power handling speakers ■ Three-way floor system with massive 15" woofer for thrilling bass down to 20 Hz. ■ A real "heavyweight" among speakers, famous for making theatre-type sound affordable ■ Acoustic suspension, large-excursion woofer has an effective cone radiating area of over 100 square inches. ■ Four layer woofer voice coil is wound on a heavy-duty brass form ■ Special multicell midrange horn for wide dispersion and "live" presence ■ Aluminum-coil tweeter horn delivers crisp and clean highs up to 25,000 Hz ■ Separate calibrated treble and midrange L-pad controls for precise adjustment of response to suit room acoustics ■ Superior transient response, lab-tested and proven, preserves the punch of modern musical material ■ Power handling capacity of over 100 watts peak program ■ Frequency response: 20-25,000 Hz ■ Impedance: 8 ohms ■ Luxurious oiled walnut veneer enclosure.

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Radio Shack has been offering kits to build devices like amplifiers, receivers and radios since the company started publishing catalogs in 1939 (and most likely even earlier).  But it wasn't until the late 1950s that Radio Shack offered, what was then called, Novice Kits (shown above). A decade later, the more popular Science Fair Electronic Kits were introduced.

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For the best viewing experience, the books below can be viewed in eitherr
of two formats: LARGE or SMALL.  Choose the format that best matches your monitor's screen size and settings.  Also see Instruction Manual.

  Just For Fun
   VIEWING FORMAT:  LARGE   -   SMALL

   When you have more Radio Shack
   "stuff"  to display, but don't know
   where to put it, you put in a book
   called, "Just For Fun".

Radio Shack Advertisements
VIEWING FORMAT:  LARGE   -   SMALL

Radio Shack has been in business for almost 90 years.  Throughout this time, Radio Shack advertised its products in countless publications. See some of those advertisements in this book.

Most of the 1940s through 1950s ads were from QST Magazine - an amateur radio publication.  Note the year of the ad (if known) on top of each page.

Radio Shack Electronics Digest 
VIEWING FORMAT:  LARGE   -   SMALL

Published in 1967, this is Radio Shack's first (Vol. 1, No 1) Electronics Digest magazine. This hard-to-find publication was "The Electronics Magazine for Home and School" :

  ■  Informational
  ■  Educational
  ■  Practical

It contained science & electronic projects, educational & historical information, the future of electronics & more.

RADIO SHACK SCANNER MANUALS
Access  the Radio Shack scanner support pages Radio Shack and RealisticTM Comp, DX, HTX, and PRO Series scanners. Included are specifications, care & maintenance, schematics, general scanning guides and user manuals.

TANDY COMPUTER "WHIZ KIDS" COMIC BOOKSS

From 1982 to 1991, Radio Shack produced a series of comic books called, Whiz Kids.  Published by Archie Comics, they featured kids involved in exciting adventures, and taught kids about science, computer basics, history & development of computers, and illustrated some of the practical uses of computers in everyday life. The books revolved around Tandy Computers and Radio Shack products.

Eight issues in all are known to have been published.  All of which are for display on this site. This promotional and educational publication was a distributed as a free giveaway to students, teachers, schools, and persons interested in science topics, "Compliments of Radio Shack".

Take a look at the  Tandy Computer Whiz Kids Comics.

THE SCIENCE FAIR
"STORY OF ELECTRONICS" and
"HISTORY OF ELECTRONICS"
COMIC BOOKS

The Science Fair "Story of Electronics...
The Discovery That Changed The World."  Within these colorful comic books, a teacher instructs her students on the history of science, giving lessons on astronomy, space travel, electricity, electronics, energy, computers, and new developments in electronics. These free giveaway, educational comic books, were published by Radio Shack for elementary school students and helped Tandy/Radio Shack introduce their brand to the consumers of tomorrow.

Take a look at the Radio Shack Comic Books.

1000th Store Commemorative Token
This token was specially minted in bronze for Allied Radio Shack by the Franklin Mint to celebrate their 1000th store opening on July 8, 1971 in Garden Grove, CA.

In addition, over 10,000 customers (only 10 per store) won replicas in a drawing in July 1971. This coin entitled the bearer to unlimited 10% discounts on Radio Shack items throughout the year.  Charles Tandy prominently shown on the front.

Watch a Movie. Get $1 Off.

In 1976, Radio Shack teamed with Paramount Studios to promote Radio Shack's Realistic line of CB radios.

If you saw the movie "Citizens Band" at your local theater, you would receive a free "BONUS DOLLAR" (made of aluminum) that could be used on any Radio Shack product priced at $1 or more. The offer expired July 31, 1977.

  "Years of Service" Pins
   These are Tandy Corporation
   and RadioShack employee
   "Years of Service" pins in 10K gold.

  1-  5 yr. Tandy Corp. Pin
  1-10 yr. Tandy Corp. Pin with sapphire
               & amethyst
  1-10 yr. Radio Shack Pin with ruby

  This Radio Shack promotional mini-screwdriver
  was about the size of a key and made to affix
  to a key chain.  (front & back side shown)

A Book About The Man
Published in 1993, and written by Irvin Farman, the book "Tandy's Money Machine" is a bibliography of Charles D. Tandy.

This book depicts how Charles Tandy built Radio Shack into the World's Largest Electronics Chain.

You can find this book at larger book stores or searching the web.  You can also read a little more about Tandy's life in this article.